Yesterday evening I had a double dinner date with my fella and friends and we were looking at having a pub dinner as they tend to be more reasonably priced than other restaurants. Expecting to come here and find your usual pub which serves cheap and cheerful food, I was surprised to find a very well presented, almost posh looking pub with a huge beer garden, medium sized pond which is home to some ducks and inside was just as good.
The interior of the pub is quite charming with the wooden beams exposed and the place felt cosy and warm. It isn't huge on the inside but felt that it was laid out well and wasn't over-crowded and it's nice that the furnishings are quite modern.
I had difficulty deciding what to have from the menu, although there isn't a great deal of choice on it, what was there sounded nice. I settled with calamari for starters as it's one of my favourites and chicken skewers for the main course.
Calamari was okay, it wasn't the best I've had. I felt that the pieces were a bit small and there wasn't many pieces. My fella had the hot wings for starters but said that they weren't hot at all and didn't live up to the name or expectations, if anything, he said that they may have been a bit overcooked.
My chicken skewers, on the other hand, were delicious! The main courses all came out big and thus, made up for the tiny portions for our starters. The chicken, courgette and peppers were cooked perfectly but I don't remember there being courgette mentioned on the menu when I ordered it, I think it was supposed to be onions instead. It doesn't really matter to me as I like both. On the side was some coleslaw and sweet chilli dip. It come with a lot of chips and pita bread. Needless to say, it was far too much and even though I was stuffed I just wanted to carry on eating because it was so nice.
Two others on the table had the lamb shank and said that it tasted amazing, the other person had the fillet of steak and chips but everyone liked their mains and commented that they were presented well too.
For dessert, I ordered the creme brulee which came with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and red berry compote and can't grumble at all, it was decent. Two others had dessert and said that the dessert tasted good but they could have done with having a bit more of it as the portion came up quite small.
The waitress was friendly and the place wasn't loud, so it was a relaxed atmosphere. Cocktails were also yummy and fairly cheap too! I got two of the strawberry daiquiri's (which I can never properly pronounce). They went down far too smoothly and easily and actually tasted more like those Munch Bunch drinky yoghurts.
Overall, a good experience and would like to come here on a warm sunny day to enjoy the garden. read more